Nuffield Foundation - Grants for Research, Development & Analysis

Grants will advance educational opportunity and social well-being across the UK and will improve the design and operation of social policy, especially in education, welfare and justice.

They prioritise rigorous and impartial research, development, and analysis projects that:

• identify and explain the social and economic determinants of early childhood adversity, transitions from adolescence to young adulthood, and social and economic well-being in adulthood and later life
• improve well-being for society as a whole, while ameliorating negative distributional outcomes and the greatest harms
• support the development of workable evidence-based solutions for policy and practice over the medium term.

What we do not fund:

• Individuals without a formal employment or other relationship with the institution hosting the grant.
• Projects led by individuals unaffiliated to any particular organisation.
• Projects led by schools or further education colleges.
• Projects led by undergraduates or masters students.
• PhD fees or projects where the main purpose is to support a PhD.
• The establishment of academic posts.
• Ongoing costs or the costs of ‘rolling out’ existing work or services.
• ‘Dissemination-only’ projects, including campaigning work, which are not connected to our funded work.
• Local charities, replacement for statutory funding, or local social services or social welfare provision.
• Requests for financial help or educational fees from or on behalf of individuals.

When to apply:

They have two deadlines for outline applications each year in March and September. The next deadline will be in September 2022.